Hellboy and two unruly children...

Waking up

Hellboy looked around for Abe and Liz. He couldn’t find them. He had looked in all the spots they would usually be but they weren’t there. Hellboy nearly slipped on something wet. He cursed and looked down. Wet footprints. Either someone stepped in a puddle of piss or it was Abe just out of his tank. He hoped it was Abe. He followed the footprints to the infirmary where Abe was standing outside the door and looking in. He tapped Abe on the shoulder.

 “What are you doing? Is the boy alright?” Abe shushed him and pointed inside. Hellboy stuck his head in the door and looked over at the boy. Domitila had crawled into bed with him and he had his arm wrapped around her shoulders. They were both sleeping peacefully. Liz appeared behind them, holding a bundle of clothes.

 “Hey, where’s Domitila? I can’t find her.” she asked. Hellboy pointed inside. She smiled when she saw them.

 “Aw, that’s cute.” said Liz. The boy’s eyes flickered and opened, revealing startling black irises. He looked at Hellboy and Abe, eyes widening. He gave them a throaty growl, sitting up a little. Abe walked into the room, showing he had no weapons.

 “It’s okay. We’re here to help.” Abe explained. The boy didn’t take his eyes off him but did stop growling. Domitila shifted in his arms, yawning, lips curling back and showing them her unnaturally long, sharp teeth. Her eyes blinked open.

 “Bom dia.” she said. She looked at the boy then back at the others sheepishly.

 “Nós não fizemos nada.” she told them, blushing, and crawled out of bed to Hellboy. Once on his shoulder, he patted him on the head.

 “Este é Hellboy.” she said to the boy, “Quem é você?” The boy sat up and winced.

 “Seff, my name is Seff.” he told them. Liz came forwards, lifting up his shirt to inspect his wounds. He had weird tattoos, like tribal drawings on his chest and torso. They looked weird with a background of bruises. She examined his wrists. The wounds had healed a bit and stopped bleeding.

 “Silver?” Liz asked and Seff nodded. Liz added some ointment to his wounds and he drew in a hiss as she applied it.

 “I recommend you stay in bed until your ribs heal.” Abe told him. Seff growled.

 “No, I’m fine.” he insisted.

 “You sure don’t look fine.” Hellboy muttered. Seff growled and stood up, wincing a little and wrapping his arms around his torso in an uncomfortable gesture. Domitila flicked her tail around and wondered whether or not to sit on Seff’s shoulder. He looked at Domitila and gave her a small smile. She felt her ears go red and wrapped her tail around Hellboy’s neck. Hellboy chuckled.